Imagination and Thoughts

 Adam and Eve hid after doing wrong. A parent may walk into a room where their child has been eating chocolate and ask them “have you been eating any candy” to which they might answer “no.” What they hadn’t realized is that there was chocolate all over their face. That is what is going on here.

 Genesis 6:5  And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. The first thing we notice is “God Saw” there is no hiding from the eyes of God.

Proverbs 15:3  The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

What did God see? “The wickedness of man;” Webster says the word “wickedness” means Departure from the rules of the divine law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; crime; sin; sinfulness; corrupt manners Wickedness generally signifies evil practices. God is watching mankind departing from His divine law doing evil practices, corrupt manners and crime. We are told that this is no small matter for He uses the word “great.” How did it become so wicked and immoral? It started in their imagination and then there imagination moved into their thoughts; we may call it premeditated (to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand) then into their heart

Proverbs 23:7  For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Then it becomes an action only evil continually. Does it really matter what we are thinking? I would say so! Look at

Genesis 6:6  And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Did you notice what the wickedness, the imagination and thoughts did to God? It grieved Him; Webster say the word grieve means (To give pain of mind to; to afflict; to wound the feelings. Nothing grieves a parent like the conduct of a profligate child.) Our thoughts and imaginations do affect God. After all that God has done for mankind we cause Him to become heartbroken because of our imaginations and thoughts. When the imaginations slip into our mind if we don’t dismiss them then they will become thoughts and then the thoughts will become actions.  Here is how to deal with imaginations

2Corinthian 10:5  Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

It’s our wrong and stinking thinking that breaks the heart of God so the thought must die before it becomes an imagination for if it becomes an imagination it will not be long before it becomes an action?  There it is; get those imaginations out of our head before they turn into evil actions. Then there is our heart? What’s in our heart? If you don’t know it will soon come out your mouth.

Matthew 12:34  O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Philippians 2:5  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Where do you think we might find the mind of God? Do you think that reading our Bible would help? For our Bible will tell us all we need to know about the Lord Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 26:3  Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.